Iván Bustinduy was born in Buenos Aires in 1997. He graduated in Film Direction at Universidad del Cine film school, where he currently works as a professor. He directed three short films: SEDA (2019); THE SECOND MAN (2021), winning the Méliès Prize in the last Mar del Plata Film Festival; and ANIMAL TRANSPORT (2023). He coordinates the film magazine Taipei / Crítica de cine, where he also writes about film and education.